The Fall's Jamie Dornan is the new favourite for the Fifty Shades Of Grey role...

As we all know, Charlie Hunnam has pulled out (hah) of the Fifty Shades of Grey movie, leaving the lead role of Christian Grey wide open. And, as it turns out, The Fall's Jamie Dornan is the new favourite for the kinky job.

Mmhmm, yes. And we already know two very important things about Jamie; one, he looks sharp in a grey suit. And two, he can DEFINITELY play mean and moody.

It's no wonder, then, that Jamie is being tipped to replace Charlie Hunnam as Christian Grey.

The Pacific Rim star recently dropped out of the movie, citing his "busy TV schedule" as the reason. However, sources at People have since claimed that Charlie had an ulterior motive for changing his mind about the film:

"He dropped out of the project because he didn't want to be typecast. He didn't want the Robert Pattinson-esque attention that would come along with taking on this role."

An interesting angle. There's also the fact that fans of the book had a petition going, desperately hoping to change producers' minds on hiring Charlie - although we doubt the actor would have let that offend him too much.

Well, the Calvin Klein model-turned-actor recently followed the film's producer Michael de Lucas on Twitter, in a move seen by some online fans as a sign he is going to be cast in the lead role.

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And, from his acting CV, he's pretty uniquely tailored to the role of sadomasochist Christian Grey; Jamie's last role on our screens was in BBC crime drama The Fall, as grief counsellor Paul Spector by day and a sexually motivated serial killer by night.

Sexually motivated, yeah? It's perfect.

However, with a fan petition including over 87,000 signatures from fans who would like to see Matt Bomer star alongside Dakota Johnson's Ana Steele in the film versh of EL James' infamous bonkbuster novel, we imagine Jamie may have to convince more than a few people he's right for the role...

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